Concrete or cement fence.



T H STANLEY ACONCRETE 0R CEMENT FENCE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1909.I' 984,71 1 l Patented Feb. 21,1911,

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17. H. STANLEY. CONGRETE 0R CEMENT FENCE.

APPLICATION FILED JANJB, 1.909.

Patented 11611.21, 1911.

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Be 1t known that l, Taosme H. STANMQY, e. alimen of, the Umed Stai-es,remdmg m Y the city and county of Denver and State of -anc gures ofreference mame@ tlieeon,

which form e part .of this specieation..

15* My invention relaieiof improvemems in fences, and while 'theinveilion is 'moy-e specially intended'r for use wheie like entirestructure is composed of concrete or simile? material; it mus be undegedthat the fence may be constructed o @my amiable me Y termi. By makingthe enixesfaiieeme -ef conorete it is mede exeeeelingly umbie, mighteaypractically innleetruoviiole. over, it may be advantageous in `some instances to make the posi@ of concreite,""?iiie the bers are mede of'Wood. l

ln this drawing, Figui@ l is sv.. Side elemtion of a section of mymprove fence. Fig. 2 is e. similar'view, showing 'ef single post, withbars eonneete, and exenfiiim there from in opposite clixeoions," pmt-lybroken away. ln this View, the pars me shown on a. larger seele. le eeeeien taken on line 32-3, 2. fig. 4 is a seetion taken on the pieneindieuofl by ehe line 4 4, Fig. 42, two pose, liowevery being ehown, oneof the bars being ,illustmte in the diagonal position prepamoy'to ie5ml' connection with ehe posts. '.lig.' 5 ie e seetiem teken om the line5-5, Fig. 2. Fig.

is .e top plan View of one @fthe here, 'like Same being parily broken:wifey and Shown on e larger seele. Fig. 'Tis sole @lei/@tion ofthesame. Fig. 8 is a View simile?? to Fig. Gwtlie bmghovfever, beingshown. metal reinforceci. 9 is e side elevation eli ville seme. Y

The seme reference characters imlioee the same poets in all the views. i

Letfthe numeral 5 designe@ eV posiz, or will sey one of the posts, of myimproveci fence. These poets ere prefemlolyormecl of concrete, orsimiiar'maierial, whereoy they become practically indestructible, eshereo fore indleeed; where formeel oil wie mail@ l z l giel, they we,eouee, molcle. Each post 1s provcle en opposite Sides with sockets Thesesoekes are loomed directly oppoeie each otlzei, ou me aline@ in e.lengtuinel ireeion, of in the direeon in which' lie fence extends. Thesesookes are aaps eel to reeeive the exiemities 8 of bees 7', ille,soci-teils and bei exmemiies being made of counterpart shape. @sichsocket has a verieel eieph equal io about Goble he thiel mees 'of the omextremity or tenomwvhich en'eis the socket, inreier 0 peffmi: lieemove?. amil.. i e'ion of the bars. The up per part 9 o. .elaeh socket 6is in communicaon with a. loterl'opening 1G, the lateral openings ofalle two' Sockets extending to the oufeide 'of .the posin opposiedirections, time making it necessary in the insertion of the hairs metlie eenoned extremities yo the letzer shell ne iniielly moved inoppeeite 'dieeone (eee lisg. 4i), in ordee ,lo connect e. bei* Wili twoo lie geeks, sinee eeijeeeni, sides of may mo-poets have the seme socketcons rueon'es the #we opposie sides of a, Single pose. 1

El@ ie4 evzfem: @het 'each poe.- .may oe eeuipped eo ieeeivemjy eiesire.muelles? of 5eme end she clismiee iueyween ille bees.

Fiom the foregoing deeeipton it will hey understooai @he lower pars 6 ofeach soelxe', ex that wliielm ie iimlly engaged by he einen f ille ber,is open on insidie of ine pest, While the appel portion of each eoele;is open on elle ouisie of loe post. is highly irelale @met theseV posts,when omed of conce-em or otlieg similar mamie? glei, shall nefeinfoifeed is?A rode l2, extendmg lengthwise lxereo, kiiesse reds, ofcourse, bem e; plece. -wi'iiim the mold when the posts me oimecl suppoein Suelo. a manner time the plese meterial ie pomefl around' em. @Thehere also be meel-reinforced {e-ee gs. 8 and 9) .in which each bei ieproviiled wiel?. two longituflineliy ciis'poeed eyeing remis i3. it isevident lm, ie lie cesewf eiisher the {jeee or the bars, may cle-similnumber: of meiel-reii''eimg reds may 'ne employefi.

slfter eine. poete are fofmefl Wim ehehe soelzete, e5, iie'eeore elened, lie "Woei: of nomi/meting tile eme is very simple. 3%

tence aperito? @he poete, or lie' length o lie l formed in apconstructed to harmonize with the spacing ofN the posts; the posts arethen set in the earth in the usual manner, and to the de sired depth, inlorder to give Athem the neces-- sary sta ility. The bars are theninserted, each being passed diagonally through 'the space between .theposts and brought into the plane of the o enings 10 formed in theopposite sides o the two posts. The bar 1s then swung as upon a centralpivot, whereby its tenoned extremities are mbved in op posite directionsthrough the openings 10, until they strike the opposite walls of theupper parts 9 of the sockets. The bai is then allowed to drop by itsownA weight into the sockets 6.v This same operation is perlying eachbar to the posts,

' and it is evlldent thatthe work may be quickly and easilyaccomplished.

It will be-understood that when the bars of the line of fence are inplace, these bars will act as braces to support the posts in an upri htposition in a lengthwise direction. As sown in the drawing, the tenons 8of each bar are so formed that there is a shoullder 14 below the tenon.These shoulders enage the inner walls of the posts when the ars are 'inplace, thus giving the fence a positive brace in the len hwisedirection; and preventing the posts rom moving fr om their perpendicularposition or from leaning in 'either direction lengthwise of the line offence.

A fenceA of this character has many advantages, since it becomespracticable to remove the barsI of any length or span of fence, andquickly replace them whenever this may be necessary, thus makingitpracticable to pass through the fence at any point. However, if itshould be desired to prevent the removal of the bars, where the postsand bars are both made of concrete, the tenons of the bars may becemented in their sockets f thus making them virtually solid or integralwith theposts and making a fence, which is practically indestructible inits entirety, both as to posts and ba'rs.

Having thus described my invention, what Y I claim 1s:

l. A fence post provided with four faces f and having two. -sets ofexposed angle shaped lsockets, one'set of sockets being formedin oneface of thepost and the other set in the opposite face thereof, eachsocket of each set having openings ina third face of the post, the lastnamed openings of one set osockets being on a face of the post oppositethe corres onding openings of the other set of soc ets.

2. A fence comprising posts and bars, each post having four sides andprovided with two sets of rangle shaped sockets formed in two oppositesides, each socket of each set having an opening on one of the othersides of the post, the last named openings of one set of sockets beingon one side of the post and the corresponding openings of the other setof sockets being on the opposite side of the post, the bars having theirppposite extremities respectively in engagement with the sockets havinglateral` openings on opposite sides of two adjacent po`sts.

3. A fence composed of posts each having four faces and provided withtwo sets of sockets adapted to receive the extremities of bars, one setof sockets having lateral openings in one face of the post and the otherset similar openings in the opposite face of the post for the receptionof the bar extremi. ties, and -bars whose opposite extremities relspectively vengage sockets whose said lateral openings are on oppositefaces of two adjacent posts.

LA fence composed of posts and bars each post being fourisided in crosssection' and having two sets of sockets,'one set having lateral openingson one side of the post and the other set lateral openings on theopposite side of the post, each socket of each set having angle shapedopenings on one of the other sides of the post, and bars whoseextremities respectively engage sets 'of sockets having lateral openingson opposite sides of two adjacent posts.

5. A fence composed of posts' and: bars each post having two sets ofsockets, one set having lateral openings on one side of the post andtheother set lateral openings on the oppositev side of the post, eachsocket of each set havingv angle shaped openings on one of the othersides of the post, a portion of each ofthe last named openings extendying below the' lateral openings of the same socket, and bars whoseextremities respec.

tively engage sets of sockets having lateral openings on opposite sidesof two adjacent posts.

- 6. A fence composed of posts and bars, each post being rectangular incross section and having two sets of angleshaped sockets, one set formedon one side of the post andthe other set formed on the opposite side,one set having lateral openings on one of the other sides of the postand the other set similar openings on the opposite side of the post',one part of each angle shaped socket being of dove-tailed shape, thebars hav-ing their extremities respectively in engagement with sets ofsockets having lateral openings .extremities of t each socket bein ofdove tailed shape, the gie bars having tenons of dove-tailed shapeengaging the dove-tailed portions of the socketsy-the extremities of the4bers respectively engaging sets of soekets'havin lateral openings onopposite sides 4of two. a jacent posts.

8. A fence composed Vof postsand bars,

'the osts being four-sided 1n cross section 1e,

vand aving two sets of'right-angleshaped sockets',` the sockets ofeach.' set being nrranged one above another, one'set being 'on on a.third side o f the post, 'andthe upper one side ofthe post andthe otherset on the oppiosite side, the upper portions. of the soc ets of one.set having ateral openings portions of the sockets of the other sethev-l vlng openings on the opposite side of the post, the sockets of thetwo sets being arranged in palrs, the sockets of each pair beingequldistant lfrom the extremities o f'.

the post, the seid bers havingtheir extremiv ties respectively in'engagement ywith sets of sockets having' lateral openings on oppositesides of twol adjacent posts In testimony whereof aix my' signature v Yin presence of two witnesses.

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